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FLORIDA 

Orange County 

Orlando Utilities Commission 

Administration Building, 500 S. Orange 

St., Orlando, 12000321 

ILLINOIS 

Boone County 

Belvidere North State Street Historic District, 

State St. between Hurlbut St. & 

Kishwaukee R., Belvidere, 12000324 

Belvidere South State Street Historic District, 

State St. between Logan Ave. & Madison 

St., Belvidere, 12000325 

Jackson County 

Liberty Theater, 1333 Walnut, Murphysboro, 

12000322 

Riverside Park Bandshell, 22nd & 

Commercial Sts., Murphysboro, 12000323 

IOWA 

Des Moines County 

Manufacturing and Wholesale Historic 

District, Roughly 209 N. 3rd to 231 S. 3rd 

& 219 to 425 Valley Sts., Burlington, 

12000326 

Harrison County 

Siebels’ Department Store—Boyer Valley 

Bank, 501–505 Walker St., Woodbine, 

12000327 

NEW YORK 

Monroe County 

Michelsen, George J. Furniture Factory, 182 

Ave. D, Rochester, 12000328 

New York County 

Hotel Albert, 23 E. 10th St., Manhattan, 

12000329 

OHIO 

Franklin County 

United States Post Office and Courthouse, 85 

Marconi Blvd., Columbus, 12000330 

PUERTO RICO 

Ponce Municipality 

Ponce YMCA Building, (Rafael Rios Rey 

MPS) 7843 Calle Nazaret Urbanizacion 

Santa Maria, Ponce, 12000331 

RHODE ISLAND 

Providence County 

Heaton and Cowing Mill, 1115 Douglas Ave., 

Providence, 12000332 

WISCONSIN 

Bayfield County 

Lake Owen Archeological District, Address 

Restricted, Drummond, 12000333 

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BILLING CODE 4312–51–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental 

Shelf, Central Planning Area, Oil and 

Gas Lease Sale 216/222 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Record of Decision (ROD) on a Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) for Gulf of Mexico 

(GOM), Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale: 2012 Central 

Planning Area (CPA) Lease Sale 216/222 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 1506) 

implementing the provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. [1988]) 

(NEPA). 

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a ROD 

following the completion of the Final 

SEIS for CPA Consolidated Lease Sale 

216/222, the final lease sale in the 

2007–2012 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program (Five-Year Program), which is 

scheduled for June 20, 2012. In 

preparing the ROD, BOEM considered 

alternatives to the proposed action and 

the impacts as presented in the Final 

SEIS and all comments received 

throughout the NEPA process. The Final 

SEIS updates two previous 

environmental and socioeconomic 

analyses for CPA Lease Sale 216/222. 

The GOM OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2007–2012; Western Planning Area 

Lease Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218; 

Central Planning Area Lease Sales 205, 

206, 208, 213, 216, and 222, Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2007–018) (Multisale EIS), 

completed in April 2007, originally 

analyzed CPA Lease Sale 216/222. The 

Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease 

Sales: 2009–2012; Central Planning 

Area Lease Sales 208, 213, 216, and 222; 

Western Planning Area Lease Sales 210, 

215, and 218; Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2008–041) (2009–2012 

Supplemental EIS), completed in 

September 2008, updated the 

socioeconomic and environmental 

analyses for CPA Lease Sale 216/222. 

BOEM developed the Final SEIS for 

CPA Lease Sale 216/222 in order to 

consider new circumstances and 

information arising from, among other 

things, the Deepwater Horizon 

explosion and oil spill. After careful 

consideration, BOEM has determined 

that in light of significant safety and 

environmental reforms since the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the 

economic and energy security benefits 

of exploring and developing the 

domestic energy resources available in 

the CPA, including job creation, it is 

appropriate to hold a sale in this area at 

this time. BOEM resource assessments 

for the CPA indicate that the area 

contains over 30 billion barrels of oil 

(BBO) and over 133 trillion cubic feet 

(Tcf) of natural gas which are 

undiscovered and technically 

recoverable. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this 

Final SEIS, BOEM evaluated four 

alternatives, which are summarized 

below. 

Alternative A—The Proposed Action: 

Alternative A is BOEM’s preferred 

alternative. This alternative would offer 

for lease all unleased blocks within the 

CPA for oil and gas operations, except: 

(1) Blocks that were previously 

included within the GOM’s Eastern 

Planning Area (EPA) and are within 100 

miles (mi) (161 kilometers [km]) of the 

Florida coast; 

(2) Blocks east of the Military Mission 

line (86 degrees, 41 minutes West 

longitude) under an existing 

moratorium until 2022, as a result of the 

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 

2006 (Pub. Law 109–432); 

(3) Blocks that are beyond the U.S. 

Exclusive Economic Zone in the area 

known as the northern portion of the 

Eastern Gap; and 

(4) Whole and partial blocks that lie 

within the former Western Gap and are 

within 1.4 nautical miles north of the 

continental shelf boundary between the 

United States and Mexico. 

The CPA lease sale area encompasses 

about 63 million acres. Approximately 

38.6 million acres (61%) of the CPA 

lease sale area is currently unleased. 

The estimated amount of resources 

projected to be developed as a result of 

the proposed CPA lease sale is 0.801– 

1.624 BBO and 3.332–6.560 Tcf of gas. 

Alternative B—The Proposed Action 

Excluding the Unleased Blocks Near 

Biologically Sensitive Topographic 

Features: This alternative would offer 

for lease all unleased blocks in the CPA, 

as described for the proposed action 

(Alternative A), with the exception of 

any unleased blocks subject to the 

Topographic Features Stipulation, as 

presented in the Final SEIS, which is 

designed to offer additional 

environmental protections in these 

areas, if they are leased. 

Alternative C— The Proposed Action 

Excluding the Unleased Blocks within 

15 Miles of the Baldwin County, 

Alabama, Coast: This alternative would 

offer for lease all unleased blocks in the 

CPA, as described for the proposed 

action (Alternative A), with the 

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exception of any unleased blocks within 

15 mi (24 km) of the Baldwin County, 

Alabama coast. 

Alternative D—No Action: This 

alternative would cancel the proposed 

CPA lease sale and is the 

environmentally preferred alternative. 

BOEM has determined that the 

economic and energy security benefits 

of exploring and developing the 

domestic energy resources available in 

the GOM, including job creation, merit 

holding a sale in this area at this time. 

Lost production from cancellation of the 

sale would likely result in substitution 

of resources that would also have 

negative environmental impacts. 

Moreover, given the long history of 

exploration and development in this 

area, as well as significant current 

activity, the GOM has significant 

onshore and offshore infrastructure to 

support continuing oil and gas activity. 

This infrastructure includes advanced 

oil spill response infrastructure that has 

been enhanced since the Deepwater 

Horizon oil spill due to strengthened 

safety and environmental standards and 

efforts on the part of industry to comply 

with new regulatory requirements and 

provide additional resources, including 

for example, the readiness of equipment 

necessary to contain a subsea spill. After 

careful consideration, BOEM has 

selected Alternative A, the Proposed 

Action. 

Record of Decision Availability: To 

obtain a single printed or CD–ROM copy 

of the Record of Decision for CPA Lease 

Sale 216/222, you may contact BOEM, 

GOM OCS Region, Public Information 

Office (MS 5034), 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, Room 250, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394 (1–800–200– 

GULF). An electronic copy of the 

Record of Decision is available on 

BOEM’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EnvironmentalAssessment/NEPA/nepaprocess.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Record of 

Decision, you may contact Mr. Gary D. 

Goeke, Chief, Regional Assessment 

Section, Office of Environment, BOEM, 

GOM OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard (MS 5410), New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394, You may also 

contact Mr. Goeke by telephone at (504) 

736–3233. 

Dated: May 10, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Consolidated Central Gulf of Mexico 

Planning Area Sale; 216/222 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Final Notice of Sale. 

SUMMARY: On Wednesday, June 20, 

2012, BOEM will open and publicly 

announce bids received for the blocks 

offered in Central Gulf of Mexico 

Planning Area (CPA) Sale 216/222, in 

accordance with provisions of the OCS 

Lands Act (OCSLA) (43 U.S.C. 1331– 

1356, as amended) and the regulations 

issued thereunder (30 CFR part 556). 

The CPA Sale 216/222 Package contains 

information essential to potential 

bidders, and bidders are charged with 

the knowledge of the documents 

contained in that package. 

DATES: Public bid reading for CPA Sale 

216/222 will begin at 9 a.m., 

Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at the 

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, 1500 

Sugarbowl Drive, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70112. The lease sale will be 

held in the St. Charles Club Room on 

the second floor (Loge Level). Entry to 

the Superdome will be on the Poydras 

Street side of the building through Gate 

A on the Ground Level, and parking will 

be available at Garage 6. All times 

referred to in this document are local 

New Orleans time, unless otherwise 

specified. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may 

obtain a CPA Sale 216/222 Package by 

writing, calling or visiting the Web site: 

Gulf of Mexico Region Public 

Information Office, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394, (504) 736– 

2519 or (800) 200–GULF. 

BOEM Gulf of Mexico Region Internet 

Web site at: http://www.boem.gov/

About-BOEM/BOEM-Regions/Gulf-ofMexico-Region/Index.aspx. 

Filing of Bids: Bidders must submit 

sealed bids to the address below, 

between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on normal 

working days, and from 8 a.m. to the 

Bid Submission Deadline of 10:00 a.m. 

on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, the day 

before the lease sale. If bids are mailed, 

please address the envelope containing 

all of the sealed bids as follows: 

Attention: Leasing and Financial 

Responsibility Section, BOEM Gulf of 

Mexico Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394. 

Contains Sealed Bids for CPA Oil and 

Gas Lease Sale 216/222. Please 

Deliver to Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf, Ms. 

Cindy Thibodeaux, or Ms. Kasey 

Couture, 6th Floor, Immediately. 

Please note: 1. Bidders mailing bid(s) are 

advised to call Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf at (504) 

736–2726, Ms. Cindy Thibodeaux at (504) 

736–2809, or Ms. Kasey Couture at (504) 

736–2909 immediately after putting their 

bid(s) in the mail. If BOEM receives bids later 

than the Bid Submission Deadline, the BOEM 

-Regional Director (RD) will return those bids 

unopened to bidders. Should an unexpected 

event such as flooding or travel restrictions 

be significantly disruptive to bid submission, 

BOEM may extend the Bid Submission 

Deadline. Bidders may call (504) 736–0557 or 

access the BOEM Gulf of Mexico Internet 

Web site at: http://www.boem.gov/AboutBOEM/BOEM-Regions/Gulf-of-MexicoRegion/Index.aspx for information about the 

possible extension of the Bid Submission 

Deadline due to such an event. 

2. Blocks or portions of blocks beyond the 

United States (U.S.) Exclusive Economic 

Zone are offered based upon provisions of 

the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention. 

3. Blocks near the U.S.-Mexico maritime 

and continental shelf boundaries could 

become subject to the Agreement between the 

United States of America and the United 

Mexican States Concerning Transboundary 

Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of 

Mexico (Agreement). Bidders are advised to 

refer to the Bids on Blocks Near U.S.-Mexico 

Maritime and Continental Shelf Boundary 

portion of this document for detailed 

information pertaining to the opening of bids 

affecting blocks in this area. 

Area Offered for Leasing: In CPA Sale 

216/222, BOEM is offering to lease all 

blocks and partial blocks listed in the 

document ‘‘List of Blocks Available for 

Leasing’’ included in the CPA Sale 216/ 

222 Package. All of these blocks are 

shown on the following leasing maps 

and Official Protraction Diagrams 

(OPD’s): 

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing 

Maps—Louisiana Map Numbers 1 

Through 12 (These 30 maps sell for 

$2.00 each.) 

LA1 West Cameron Area (Revised July 1, 

2011) 

LA1A West Cameron Area, West Addition 

(Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA1B West Cameron Area, South Addition 

(Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA2 East Cameron Area (Revised November 

1, 2000) 

LA2A East Cameron Area, South Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3 Vermilion Area (Revised November 1, 

2000) 

LA3A South Marsh Island Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA3B Vermilion Area, South Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3C South Marsh Island Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3D South Marsh Island Area, North 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

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